Product Management Job Trends

Product Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Product Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 340 255 303
Rank change year-on-year -85 +48 -2
Permanent jobs citing Product Management 610 571 666
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.52% 1.16% 0.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.71% 1.30% 1.07%
Number of salaries quoted 308 261 318
10th Percentile £36,750 £43,497 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,313 £57,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,047 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.34% +0.07% -
75th Percentile £80,313 £87,500 £88,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £117,500 £104,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £63,304
% change year-on-year -4.00% -1.27% -2.61%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Product Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85,804 43,854 61,991
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.05% 88.92% 81.71%
Number of salaries quoted 59,130 24,461 33,915
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,750 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -5.17% -3.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £96,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%

Product Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Product Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Product Management job vacancy trend in the UK

Product Management
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Product Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Product Management

Product Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Management over the 6 months to 28 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Product Management in the UK

Product Management
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Product Management within the UK over the 6 months to 28 September 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -94 539 £60,000 -14.34% 1,548
London -13 317 £67,500 -15.63% 992
UK excluding London -146 231 £60,000 -4.00% 704
Work from Home +2 205 £58,940 -15.80% 616
North of England -39 62 £60,850 -14.60% 134
South East -103 55 £42,000 -32.80% 168
North West -7 47 £67,500 - 86
Midlands -43 37 £48,500 -19.83% 92
South West -74 33 £67,750 +19.39% 86
West Midlands -32 27 £48,500 -15.65% 57
East of England -35 24 £70,000 +6.87% 71
Yorkshire -33 14 £57,500 -25.81% 33
Scotland +10 13 £77,500 +82.35% 91
East Midlands -33 10 £38,347 -48.87% 35
Northern Ireland -89 4 - - 46
Wales -61 3 £65,000 +8.59% 19
North East -65 1 - - 15

Product Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 44 (7.21%) Confluence
2 21 (3.44%) CMS
3 10 (1.64%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (1.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (0.49%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.49%) Drupal
6 1 (0.16%) Apache
6 1 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.16%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.16%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.16%) WordPress
Applications
1 35 (5.74%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 29 (4.75%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (2.62%) Microsoft Excel
4 9 (1.48%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (1.15%) Moqups
6 6 (0.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 5 (0.82%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.33%) Adobe Premiere
8 2 (0.33%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.33%) MS Visio
9 1 (0.16%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.16%) Trello
Business Applications
1 28 (4.59%) Workfront
2 13 (2.13%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.98%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.82%) Shopify
5 3 (0.49%) Distributed Ledger
5 3 (0.49%) iTrent
5 3 (0.49%) SAP PSCD
6 2 (0.33%) Fidessa
6 2 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.16%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.16%) Eikon
7 1 (0.16%) Magento
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.16%) PeopleSoft HCM
7 1 (0.16%) RMDS
7 1 (0.16%) SAP ECC
7 1 (0.16%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 76 (12.46%) AWS
2 75 (12.30%) SaaS
3 43 (7.05%) Azure
4 35 (5.74%) iPaaS
5 18 (2.95%) Figma
6 17 (2.79%) GCP
7 16 (2.62%) Power Platform
8 15 (2.46%) Google Workspace
9 11 (1.80%) Microsoft 365
10 10 (1.64%) GitHub
10 10 (1.64%) GitHub Copilot
11 9 (1.48%) Anthropic Claude
12 7 (1.15%) Azure DevOps
12 7 (1.15%) Microsoft Copilot
13 6 (0.98%) Dynamics 365
14 5 (0.82%) Copilot Studio
14 5 (0.82%) Power Automate
14 5 (0.82%) Zapier
15 4 (0.66%) Amazon Bedrock
15 4 (0.66%) Asana
Communications & Networking
1 39 (6.39%) Broadband
2 31 (5.08%) HTTP
3 11 (1.80%) Firewall
4 10 (1.64%) WAN
5 8 (1.31%) DNS
6 7 (1.15%) LAN
6 7 (1.15%) SD-WAN
7 6 (0.98%) DHCP
7 6 (0.98%) NX-OS
8 4 (0.66%) MPLS
8 4 (0.66%) Multicast
8 4 (0.66%) Network Security
8 4 (0.66%) SAN
9 3 (0.49%) CTI
9 3 (0.49%) Intranet
9 3 (0.49%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.49%) VSAT
9 3 (0.49%) WLAN
10 2 (0.33%) Ethernet
10 2 (0.33%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (6.23%) Metadata
2 15 (2.46%) Power BI
3 8 (1.31%) Big Data
4 7 (1.15%) SQL Server
5 6 (0.98%) BigQuery
6 4 (0.66%) Electronic Patient Records
7 3 (0.49%) Geospatial Data
8 2 (0.33%) Mixpanel
8 2 (0.33%) MySQL
8 2 (0.33%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.33%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.16%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.16%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.16%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.16%) Db2
9 1 (0.16%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.16%) Redis
9 1 (0.16%) SAP HANA
9 1 (0.16%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 73 (11.97%) JIRA
2 11 (1.80%) Git
3 10 (1.64%) Claude Code
3 10 (1.64%) Selenium
4 9 (1.48%) GitLab
5 8 (1.31%) Postman
6 7 (1.15%) Cypress.io
7 6 (0.98%) Jenkins
8 4 (0.66%) JUnit
9 2 (0.33%) TestNG
10 1 (0.16%) Fiddler
10 1 (0.16%) Visual Studio
General
1 195 (31.97%) Social Skills
2 186 (30.49%) Finance
3 181 (29.67%) Marketing
4 87 (14.26%) Analytical Skills
5 85 (13.93%) Law
6 76 (12.46%) Banking
7 74 (12.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 56 (9.18%) Presentation Skills
9 48 (7.87%) Retail
10 44 (7.21%) Influencing Skills
11 36 (5.90%) Organisational Skills
12 34 (5.57%) Manufacturing
13 32 (5.25%) Public Sector
14 25 (4.10%) Legal
15 20 (3.28%) Telecoms
16 19 (3.11%) Electronics
17 18 (2.95%) Publishing
18 13 (2.13%) Pharmaceutical
19 11 (1.80%) Financial Institution
20 9 (1.48%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 162 (26.56%) Product Manager
2 92 (15.08%) Lead
3 74 (12.13%) Senior
4 61 (10.00%) Product Owner
5 48 (7.87%) Software Engineer
6 36 (5.90%) Senior Manager
7 34 (5.57%) Lead Software Engineer
8 32 (5.25%) Development Engineer
8 32 (5.25%) Software Development Engineer
9 24 (3.93%) Senior Product Manager
10 23 (3.77%) Product Lead
11 16 (2.62%) Senior Software Engineer
11 16 (2.62%) Technical Manager
12 15 (2.46%) Development Manager
13 14 (2.30%) Architect
14 12 (1.97%) Delivery Manager
14 12 (1.97%) Platform Manager
14 12 (1.97%) Project Manager
14 12 (1.97%) Technical Engineer
15 11 (1.80%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (6.72%) REST
2 17 (2.79%) HTML
3 15 (2.46%) Google Maps API
4 14 (2.30%) Terraform
5 13 (2.13%) React
6 9 (1.48%) LangChain
6 9 (1.48%) XML
7 8 (1.31%) PyTorch
7 8 (1.31%) TensorFlow
8 6 (0.98%) Pandas
8 6 (0.98%) Spring
9 5 (0.82%) CrewAI
9 5 (0.82%) CSS
9 5 (0.82%) LlamaIndex
9 5 (0.82%) Spring Boot
10 4 (0.66%) FIX Protocol
10 4 (0.66%) LangGraph
10 4 (0.66%) NumPy
10 4 (0.66%) Oracle Fusion
10 4 (0.66%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 191 (31.31%) Product Ownership
2 46 (7.54%) Social Media
3 37 (6.07%) Marketing Technology
4 35 (5.74%) Over-the-Top Content
4 35 (5.74%) Public Cloud
5 33 (5.41%) AI Agents
5 33 (5.41%) Management Information System
6 29 (4.75%) Onboarding
7 19 (3.11%) Cloud Native
8 16 (2.62%) Augmented Reality
8 16 (2.62%) Web Conferencing
9 15 (2.46%) Virtual Reality
10 14 (2.30%) Data Centre
10 14 (2.30%) Distributed Systems
10 14 (2.30%) Enterprise Software
11 13 (2.13%) Driving Licence
12 12 (1.97%) Biopharmaceutical
12 12 (1.97%) Enterprise Cloud
13 11 (1.80%) Blog
13 11 (1.80%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 16 (2.62%) Linux
2 15 (2.46%) Windows
3 4 (0.66%) Unix
4 3 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.49%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (0.33%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.16%) Android
6 1 (0.16%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.16%) CentOS
6 1 (0.16%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 333 (54.59%) Roadmaps
2 225 (36.89%) Agile
3 175 (28.69%) Product Roadmap
4 159 (26.07%) AI
5 140 (22.95%) Stakeholder Management
6 139 (22.79%) Decision-Making
7 138 (22.62%) Continuous Improvement
8 115 (18.85%) Customer Experience
9 110 (18.03%) Product Vision
10 108 (17.70%) Problem-Solving
11 103 (16.89%) User Stories
12 100 (16.39%) Product Strategy
13 99 (16.23%) Product Backlog
14 87 (14.26%) Software Engineering
15 86 (14.10%) Analytics
15 86 (14.10%) Project Management
16 74 (12.13%) Mentoring
16 74 (12.13%) Product Requirements
16 74 (12.13%) User Experience
17 68 (11.15%) Backlog Prioritisation
Programming Languages
1 50 (8.20%) Java
2 41 (6.72%) Python
3 16 (2.62%) SQL
4 12 (1.97%) TypeScript
5 11 (1.80%) C++
5 11 (1.80%) JavaScript
6 9 (1.48%) PowerShell
7 5 (0.82%) R
8 4 (0.66%) Bash
8 4 (0.66%) C#
9 3 (0.49%) ABAP
9 3 (0.49%) MATLAB
9 3 (0.49%) PHP
10 2 (0.33%) Perl
11 1 (0.16%) Bicep
11 1 (0.16%) C
Qualifications
1 149 (24.43%) Degree
2 43 (7.05%) Master's Degree
3 31 (5.08%) MBA
3 31 (5.08%) Security Cleared
4 27 (4.43%) SC Cleared
5 14 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (1.80%) HND
7 10 (1.64%) HNC
7 10 (1.64%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (1.48%) PhD
9 8 (1.31%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (1.31%) PMP
10 7 (1.15%) CCNA
10 7 (1.15%) PMI Certification
11 6 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (0.98%) CSPO
11 6 (0.98%) MCSE
12 4 (0.66%) AWS Certification
12 4 (0.66%) DBS Check
13 3 (0.49%) Dell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (6.23%) QA
2 20 (3.28%) Accessibility
3 14 (2.30%) SLA
4 9 (1.48%) PMO
5 8 (1.31%) Data Quality
6 7 (1.15%) GDPR
7 3 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.33%) DICOM
8 2 (0.33%) GRC
8 2 (0.33%) HL7
8 2 (0.33%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.33%) NIST
8 2 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.16%) DO-178B
9 1 (0.16%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.16%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.16%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.16%) PERC
9 1 (0.16%) WCAG
System Software
1 9 (1.48%) Firmware
1 9 (1.48%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (1.31%) Docker
3 6 (0.98%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (0.98%) vSphere
4 5 (0.82%) Active Directory
5 4 (0.66%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.49%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.16%) KVM
7 1 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 8 (1.31%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.15%) FortiGate
3 3 (0.49%) WSUS
4 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.16%) Amdocs OSS
5 1 (0.16%) Ansible
5 1 (0.16%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (0.16%) Forefront Identity Manager
5 1 (0.16%) Kibana
5 1 (0.16%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 54 (8.85%) Microsoft
2 38 (6.23%) Adobe
3 30 (4.92%) Salesforce
4 25 (4.10%) Google
5 17 (2.79%) OpenAI
6 16 (2.62%) Cisco
6 16 (2.62%) Facebook
7 12 (1.97%) Oracle
7 12 (1.97%) Workday
8 9 (1.48%) VMware
9 8 (1.31%) SAP
10 6 (0.98%) FIS
10 6 (0.98%) Juniper
11 5 (0.82%) Fortinet
12 3 (0.49%) Aderant
12 3 (0.49%) CA Agile Central
12 3 (0.49%) Fujitsu
12 3 (0.49%) iManage
12 3 (0.49%) ServiceNow
12 3 (0.49%) YouTube